Gustave selowsky



(No Model.) G. SELOWSKY.

SHIELD PORSGARFS.

No. 312,519. Patented Feb. 17, 1885.

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE SELOWSKY, OF YORK, N. Y.

SHIELD FOR SCARFS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 312,519, dated February 17, 1885.

' Application filed March 6, mar. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE SELowsKY, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of 'New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shields for Bows, Scarfs, 8m. of which the following is adescription. I

Figure l is a rear elevation of a bow 6111- .bodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of the shield before the bind ing is applied;and Fig. 4 is aperspective view of the metallic binding.

My invention relates to improvements in shields for bows, scarfs, and the like; and it consists in providing the shield with a raised central portion on its inner face, the said raised portion being integral with the body of the shield and provided with a buttonhole having a metal lining, all as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

A represents one of my improved shields, which can be made of any desired form, as the style or kind of now or scarf to which the said shield is to be attached may require. As shown in the drawings, it is intended for an ordinary bow, E. The shield A is provided on its inner face with the raised central portion, B, which is struck up out of the material of which the shield is made. In the said raised portion B is formed a button-hole, 0, having a circular opening, a, for the passage of the head of a collar-button, and a reduced extension, I), for the reception of the shank of the button after the head has been passed through the said circular opening.

D is a metal binding, which is made of thin sheet metal,having an opening formed through it of the shape and size of the button-hole G, and having a flange struck up around the edge of the said opening. The binding D is applied to the shield by passing its flange through the button-hole and then closing the said flange down on the shield by a suitable die.

In using the shield A,when applied to a bow or scarf, the circular opening a is passed over the head of the collar-button. The shield is then pressed downward to bring the shank of the button into this reduced extension b,with the head of the button resting in the concavity on the outer face of the shieldformed by the striking up of the raised portion B. The ends of the shield are then passed beneath the turned-down parts of the collar. when the shield will be firmly looked upon the button.

By forming the shield with the raised portion B the head of the collar-button will lie in the concavity on the opposite side, flush, or

nearly so, with the shield, thereby insuring a arched plate having a horizontal recess, oneportion of which is contracted and provided with a pin for securing one end of a band. is

old, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

In my shield the raised portion is integral with the body of'the shield, thus rendering it simpler and cheaper, and the button-hole being in the raised portion renders the shield capable of being used with buttons having different-sized heads, and permits the buttons to be more easily inserted than when only embossed about midway the length of the slot, as in the construction disclaimed, as the head does not come in contact with the scarf or bow. Again, by my construction the shield will adapt itself to the varying distance between the button and top of thecollar-band, whereas in the construction above referred to, if the distance should vary, the head of the button could not seat itself in the bosses.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The shield A, provided on its inner face with the central circular raised portion, B, integral with the body of the shield, and having the vertical key-hole slot 0 in the said circular raised portion, and the metal lining D, secured in the said slot, substantially as herein shown and described.

GUSTAVE SELOWSKY.

Witnesses:

A. G. LYNE,

O. R. WRIGHT. 

